Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Rome with operations in 66 countries with a market capitalization of US$36.08 billion, as of 31 December 2020. (companieshistory.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTACTIC TIMES Italian multinational energy company ENI announced this week
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly pose for a photo after signing the U.S.-France Roadmap on Special Operations Forces Cooperation the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st
France’s counter-terrorist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region of Africa ( Credit: http://foreignlegion.info) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A month after announcing France will pull soldiers out of its military counter-terror operation in Mali, French President Macron has apparently changed his mind. France said
Nicolas De Rivière, Permanent Representative of the Republic of France to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria). Sep. 30, 2019. (UN Photo Laura Jarirel) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK
Credit / UN.ORG / MINUSMA/Marco Dormino / UN Blue Helmets/ Officers patrol the streets of Gao, Mali as part of the UN MINUSMA peacekeeping mission. Mali is considered the world’s most dangerous UN missions, with nearly 130 blue helmets killed in the past six years. By
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and France’s Armed Forces Minister Tuesday pledged cooperation in fighting terrorism in the troubled AFRICA Sahel region. The two high-ranking defense officials
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – French President Emmanuel Macron caused an uproar after he warned last week that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it embraces radical Islamism following the second coup in nine months. France has
Inside Mali’s coup within a coup Boubacar Haidara, Université Bordeaux Montaigne On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and taken to the Soundiata Keïta military facility in
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain in London, United Kingdom on May 4, 2021. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha] DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met Tuesday with French Minister for Europe
(Credit: africom.mil) Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, Commander of U.S. African Command testifies before the House Armed Services Committee regarding national security challenges and U.S. force posture in the Centcom and Africom areas of operation and related policy issues, on Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021 in